Where does BBY Solutions, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BBY Solutions, Inc. ranks #2,874 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does BBY Solutions, Inc. hold?

BBY Solutions, Inc. holds 133 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 64 technology areas.

What is BBY Solutions, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

BBY Solutions, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BBY Solutions, Inc. focus on?

BBY Solutions, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 39 patents. Grants appear in 64 CPC subclasses total.

Is BBY Solutions, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BBY Solutions, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -32% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for BBY Solutions, Inc.'s patents?

BBY Solutions, Inc.'s patents average 17.7 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the BBY Solutions, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

BBY Solutions, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 133 granted patents across 64 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BBY ranks #2,874 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 133 patents across 64 technology areas.

#2,874
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (57.0/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2874 · US Corporation #2,874 · 133 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 133 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,874/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alkermes Pharma…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 64 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Inpria · near

57
BBY Solutions · this assignee

57
Beijing Jingdong… · near

57
Institut National… · near

57
Stanley Electric · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BBY's Innovation Score is 57.0/100 (top 6% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

How BBY's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, BBY Solutions, Inc. received 53 grants versus 78 in 2015–2019 (-32% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 21 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 7. Lead class G06F accounts for 29.3% of the portfolio across 64 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Andritz Inc. (#2,870) and Eneos Corporation (#2,878).

BBY's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, BBY Solutions, Inc. moved from 39 to 26 grants (0.67x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,255. See the growth leaderboard.

Andritz

133
Alkermes Pharma I…

133
Alpha and Omega S…

133
Arctic Cat

133
Beijing Sensetime…

133
DB Hitek

133
Duracell U S Oper…

133
Eneos

133
BBY Solutions ◀

133

What this shows BBY holds 133 patents at rank #2,874, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BBY

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,874 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in BBY's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BBY, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co., Ltd. 57 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. 57 Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement 57 Inpria Corporation 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

Driv Automotive Inc. 17.7 avg Autonomous Solutions, Inc. 17.7 avg Hand Held Products, Inc. 17.7 avg Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC 17.7 avg

BBY's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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BBY Solutions, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	15.8%
2016	16	12.0%
2017	16	12.0%
2018	13	9.8%
2019	12	9.0%
2020	11	8.3%
2021	16	12.0%
2022	8	6.0%
2023	11	8.3%
2024	7	5.3%
2025partial year	2	1.5%

Which technologies does BBY Solutions, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 39

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 32

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 22

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 20

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 19

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 9

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 8

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 7

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 7

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 6

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 6

H04B - Transmission 6

H04M - Telephonic Communication 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 5

Top 15 of 64 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,874

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

BBY Solutions, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BBY Solutions, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 29.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,874 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BBY Solutions, Inc. against Andritz Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.0/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.